Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb graduate

3 senses of graduate

Sense 1
graduate -- (receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990")
       => receive, have -- (get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front")

Sense 2
graduate -- (confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year")
       => confer, bestow -- (present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone")

Sense 3
calibrate, graduate, fine-tune -- (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder")
       => adjust, set, correct -- (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels")

Antonyms of adj graduated

1 of 2 senses of graduated

Sense 2
gradational, gradatory, graduated -- (taking place by degrees)

INDIRECT (VIA gradual) -> sudden -- (happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure")

Similarity of adj graduated

2 senses of graduated

Sense 1
calibrated, graduated -- (marked with or divided into degrees; "a calibrated thermometer")
       Participle of verb calibrate (Sense 2)
      => calibrate -- (mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units; "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale")
       => tag, label, mark -- (attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles")

Sense 2
gradational, gradatory, graduated -- (taking place by degrees)
       => gradual (vs. sudden) -- (proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices")